Sporting gun



Jan. 10, 1928. 1,655,446

R. voN FROMMER SPORTING GUN Filed Ausl. 8. 1925 Patented Jan. 10, '1928.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Y

" nunon" von rnoimnn, or nUDArEsr, HNGARY.

sronrnve atm.

Application med Augmi: 8, 1925, Serial No. 49,148, and in lanzar-August 82, 1884.

My invention relates to a sporting gun having a safety device which can be used at will as-an automatic safety device 01' a safety device toi-be operated by hand. v

5' The invention therefore relates more particularly to safety devices for sporting guns having a safety bar movable in the longitudinal direction of the weapon, the said safety bar being'provided with a button or the l" like protruding from the weapon .for the purpose of enabling the operator to move `the safety bar at will. According tothe present invention, one of the ,terminals of the safety bar is made movable in some l5 direction with respect to the other portions of the bar and can therefore be moved, before one of the parts of the gun is moved upon the cocking of the hammer r the breaking of the barrel, so thatsuch part of 20 the gun automatically moves the safety bar into its locking or safety position. When `the movable end of the safety bar is moved into its other position, it is no longer subject to the action of said movable part of 25 the gun and remains unaffected by the movements thereof.

In the drawing, Fig. 1, shows the firing' sition and adjusted to be worked by hand.l

Fig. is a cross section taken on line Vf-V `of Fig. 4. s y

Under the extension 2 of the stockl of the Weapon there is arranged a longitudinally movable safety bar 3. Attached there` to is a pin 5 movable in a slot 6 of the'extension 2, the said pin being rovided on its outside end with a button 4, y means of which the safety bar can be operated by hand. -The pin 5 is provided with a spring 7 having a V-shaped end 8 adapted to cooperate with a pin 9 `arranged. inthe stock in such a manner that spring 7 forms a resil-` ient catch for securing the :safety bar 3 in its two-terminal positions, see Figs. 1 and 4. "'ST the safety bar 3 there are also fastened in a well own manner twolugs 10, 55. arranged in the same plane as the lugs 13 of triggers 11 and 1 2, so that when the butblock 24 on safetybar- 3.

ton 4 is in its rearward position, see Fig. 1,

the lugs engage the 4luws 13 of the triggers which is the safety posi-tion of'the mecha` nism because in this position -the gun cannot be fired. However, when by the pushing of the button 4 toward the left in Fig. 1, the

lugs 13 are released from they lugs 10 (Fig.

4) the' un can be fired.

The reech lever 14 of the gun is pivotally mounted on pivot 15 and may-be moved by hand from its normal position shown in Fig. 4 into the'position shown in Fig. 1. The said breech lever :is-connected'by means of the pin 17 Y to the lockin bolt- 19 movablel within the stock 1 in the 'rection of barrels 18. The nose 20 of the lookin in the normal position of thexhl shoulder 21 of theharrels thus seeuringthe same in their position. `According vt0 the present invention the nose 20 of the locking bolt 19 is provided with a shoulder 22 which acts on the safety bar 3 yin the mannerset g forth below.

`The safety bar-'3, according to the present invention is xnadegresilientand tends to bolt 19 rests atter against swing downward so that its end 23 when not u affected any of the parts of the gun takes up a position directly opposite to shoulder 22, see Fig. 1. lNear the end`23 of the safety1 bar 3 there is provided a. block 24' which 1s guided in notches 26, 27 of'a erossfslide 25 capable of being moved 1,' see Figs. 2 and 3.

When the cross-slide occupies its cen-- tral position -shown in Fig. 2, the block 24 on safety rod 3 lies in the deeper notch 27 of the cross-slide 25, in which position the end 23 ofthe safety bar 3 isV directly opposite the shoulder 22'of lockingbolt 19. In

this positipn the safety mechanism will set aut0m'atically, for whenever the breech lever 14 islbreing pushed upwards,^'see Fig. 1, that is whenever the' ltrigger mechanism of the gun is cocked the said breech lever. pullsA back the locking bolt 19 so that shoulder 22 of the' nose 20fpushes back the safety rod 3 transversely in stock y yby means of its end 23 into its safety position. In order to make the automatic locking mechanism inoperative, all one has to do is to push the cross slide 25 into the position shown in Fig. 3 wherefygthe shallower notch 26 of said cross slideis brought opposite Thereby the safety bar is moved upwards to such an extent that its end 23 will be above the shoulder 22 of locking bolt 19, see Fig. 4. Whenthe breech lever is now pressed upwards, the

shoulder 22 on nose 20 will move backwards under the end 23 of the safety bar without affecting the latter, so that the safety mechanism in this instance will not act automatically. It is obvious, that the safety b ar can be operated .by hand by means of its button'4, that is, it can be pushed into' the I ysafety position or, can be withdrawn from Such position at will. It is further understood that in order to cause the end 23 of 1 the safety bar to engage shoulder 22 or to gagement or'disenagernent by moving said become disengaged therefrom it is not essential to move said end upwards or downwards, it being possible to effect such enwhatever, there is provided in the breech body lfor the bar 3 'a cavity 33 (Fig. 5) and one shoulder 34 each on both sides of said cavity against which the spring is bearing by means ofa pin 32 carrying a disc 31. The breech lever 14 is pivotally connected i bymeans of pivot 36 to the lookin bolt 35 securing thebarrels below in a we l knownV manner. The locking bolt 35 being provided with one shoulder 37 each either side the v said shoulders abut in a well known manner A that they will carry the hammers with them Vas the locking bolts 35 are pulled backwards whereby the springs 41 of the hammers are cording to the present invention, theham against shoulders 40 of the hammers 39 so compressed and the weapon is cocked. Ac-

mers 39 are provided not only with theV ordinary firing notch 42 but also with a'safety notch 43 with which the sears 44 of the gun l may engage in" the same manner as with 'the fringnotches 42. Such safety notches were heretofore employed with hammer-weapons only, but have not been applied to hammerless weapons.. When the gun is cocked, the sears 44 will snap into the firing notches 42,

" see Fig. `1 and the firing pins 38 will occupy their rearmost position. From this position the hammers 39 may slowly be moved by the aid of the breech lever 14 into the safety notches 43, see Fig. 4, and in this case the {iring pins 38 are held withdrawn to such an extent only `as to avoid touching the cartridges. It is obvious that the triggers may be equally locked, in case lof'ithe hammers resting in the safety notches by the pullingl of the gun which is moved, as the gun is cocked or the barrels are tilted.

I claim:

1. In a sporting gun, a manually operable safety bar movable in the longitudinal direction of the gun, one of the terminals of said safety bar being resilient s0 as to be movable at right angles with res ect to 4its longitudinal movement, a mem r 'adapted to be moved upon the cocking of the gun, manual i meansto move the resilient terminal of said safety bar into its en aged or disengaged position with .said mem r against the tendency of the said resilient terminal of said safety bar to move into. the other position, said member when engaged moving said safety bar into its' safety position upon the cooking ofthe gun. Y

2. p The combination as specified inclaim 1, comprising a locking bolt adapted to sec-ure ,the barrels ofthe gun in their operative position and'to be moved upon the cockinc of the gun, the resilient' terminal of said saftety bar eilng adapted to engage with said locking 3. Invthe combination as specified in claim 1, a transverse slide adapted to be moved by hand and having means for moving the resilient terminal of said safety bar into a sition to be. engaged by said member.

4. In the combination as specified in claim 1, a breech lever for cocking the gun, a. spring actuating said lever, and an abutment having a recess to provide a free space for said safety bar and supporting said spring.

5. In the combination as specified in claim 1, a breech lever for cooking the gun, a spring actuating said lever, and an abutment having a recess to provide a free space for said safety bar and supporting said spring, a disc supporting said spring and adapted to bear on said abutment. and a pin projecting from said. disc.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature to this specification.

RUDOLF voN FROMMER. 

